In Appreciation, Letters

Mustafa Hilmi

In His Name, be He glorified!

And there is nothing but it glorifies Him with praise.

Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings for ever.

The unsetting sun in the skies of the universe, the Noble Qur'an, spreads the rays its light so as to make read the creational signs of the great book of being, and to disclose their reality. Enlightening man's reason, the Qur'an points out the Straight Path. Through the light of that sun of guidance, all humanity may see and understand the aims, purposes, and desires in their creation. Relatively to the capacity of their hearts, those who receive the manifestation of its guidance reflect its light and gain proximity to it. The true nature of things and of life become apparent through that light; only through that light may they be seen and understood. Representing the lights of guidance of the Pre-Eternal Sun, the Qur' an makes truth and reality visible to the eyes of the heart and mind. Those who do not approach its light remain in darkness, for it is through light that everything is seen, known, and understood. In the present age, the collective personality of the Risale-i Nur, whose name is light (nūr), has received the manifestation of the Qur'an's light, the eternal sun of this truth.

Like a search-light, the Risale-i Nur directs those who like bats do not want to emerge from the darkness, and slumbering in heedlessness turn their day into night and understand no further than they see, towards the truths of belief; it points out the straight path to all who are not completely blind. It strikes its club of light on the heads of the disbelievers saying: "Either throw away your reasoning faculties and become animals, or use your heads and become true human beings !"

Since knowledge is light, we shall indicate briefly one or two evidences that the Risale-i Nur contains profound knowledge:

F i r s t I y: We should recall that since the Risale-i Nur recognized no master other than the Qur'an and it serves none other than the Qur'an, its acceptability goes without saying. Only, in order to inform scholars of the Risale-i Nur's worth, I say this:

The Risale-i Nur proves and elucidates most convincingly and accessibly so that everyone from the simplest ordinary people to the most learned elite can understand them, obscure matters that previously no scholars of religion had been able to prove with complete clarity. Such a characteristic is to be found in virtually no other work.